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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| indelible | unable to be forgotten adj |
| synapse | the space between nerve cells through which nerve impulses are transmitted n |
| mundane | commonplace adj |
| exuberance | full of joy n |
| mediate | to resovle or settle differences by working with all the conglicting parties v |
| perpetually | continuing without interruption adv |
| transient | a person who passes from one town to the next remaining only in one place for a brief time n |
| fervently | showin intenselt devoted or earnest feelings adv |
| contention | an assertion or pint argued argued for in a controversy or debate n |
| irreligios | not religios adj |
| myraid | a vast number n |
| stricture | blame n |
| amplitude | capacity n |
| chaste | pure adj |
| prosaic | dull adj |
| censorious | inclined fo find fault adj |
| unmalleable | not flexible adj |
| dissipated | to make dissapear graduall v |
| frugality | economical in use n |
| gregarious | social adj |
| inept | foolish adj |
| affable | friendly adj |
| lurid | glaringly adj |
| taciturnity | a tendency to be silent |
| perturbation | disturbing b |
| fealty | fidelity n |
| disdainful | expressing scorn or sorrow adj |
| disparaging | lowering in rank adj |
| impassively | giving no sign adv |
| degradation | lower in status n |
| tacit | carried on without words adj |
| capacious | capable of containg a great deal adj |
| pigmy | a insignificant person n |
| inveigle | to win over by flattery |
| seignurs | a man of rank n |
| inured | to make able to with stand strain v |
| blitzkreig | a vialent war suprise n |
| turbid | disable person n |
| sinecure | an office that requires no or little work |
| fratricide | one is that murders his or her own brother n |
| brood | to dwell gloomingly v |
| dowager | a widow n |
| furlough | a leave of absence n |
| disheveled | rumpled adj |
| obsequious | showing too geat a willingless to serve |
| ostentation | a vain display of wealth n |
| insolently | rudely |
| ponderous | extremely large adj |
| zephyr | a breeze n |
| carbuncle | a skin infection n |
| portent | an omen |
| infinitesimal | too small to be measured |
| impertinence | rudeness n |
| scruple | a misgiving n |
| buffoon | a clown n |
| bellicose | hostile |
| protuberance | object that sticks out |
| nebulous | cloudy adj |